Jesus Christ or Extinction

I will never abadon Jesus or His movement. Jesus's movement, Christianity, was the first and still is the true radical movement in humanity to destroy racism. Christianity also planted the seeds to destroy slavery. Did you know many who wanted to abolish slavery were Christians. And real Christians to this day are fighting the modern day slavery, the sex slave trade. Christianity has lifted up people out of poverty and squalor and continues to do so. Who has established more hospitals, orphanages, homeless shelters, and other institutions overall in history than Christians. Christians spearheaded ending child labor. And we can go on and on.

Many reforms of humanity came sincere men and women of God who sought to lift others up out of despair. Christianity has brought humanity steps up and forward. Unfortunately, many people are either too intellectually dishonest or myopic to understand history. Yes, they were people who claimed the name Jesus Christ who did horrible things in His name. But anyone who knows the Bible would know right away that these weren't real Christians but those who sought power and control instead. Jesus Christ's message is the ONLY hope for humanity. He is the ONLY One who can prevent this planet from going into extinction. Humanity has two choices before them. We must either choose life that is found in Jesus Christ or we pursue the road of destruction towards extinction.

Non-intervention or intervention

My take on Syria, I have two thoughts here:

As an American, I don't believe America should get involved miltarily here or anywhere. America doesn't need another war and history has shown military interventions are bloody disasters. We don't know who's good or bad in Syria's civil war. We don't know for certain who did the chemical attack. Launching those cruise missles was a mistake. And going to war in Syria could have widespread ramifications like possibly starting World War III. So, I'm an non-interventionist when it comes to foreign policy and  believe that seeking friendship with every nation possible is the key to a safer and freer world.

As a Kingdom of God person, I believe the church in America as well as the world should get involved in that war-torn country. We should do what we can to alleviate the suffering of those affected by this civil war. We can do that through medical aid, food, clothing, and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We should support the churches and pastors in Syria. Maybe we can even help rebuild destroyed towns or homes. In other words, the church should be doing everything possible to show the love of Christ to those people. I believe the Gospel is the only way for true peace, hope, and liberty to that region and the world.

So where does that leave us? Should we intervene or not? This depends on the assumptions you have.

It's important to note that the kingdoms of the world and the Kingdom of Christ are radically different from each other. If we lose that distinction, we might be asking the wrong questions and getting the wrong answers.

The kingdoms of this world will use brute force on people to get its way. The Kingdom of God will show love to people so that they can see Jesus.